What is Transportation?/Young Explorers

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

K

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn exploring our world is fun. Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning. In this segment, Abby teaches kids about many types of transportation and how people and things get from one place to another. Sometimes, transportation is just for fun.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): KG

SS10.K.12

Describe families and communities of the past, including jobs, education, transportation, communication, and recreation.

UP:SS10.K.12

Vocabulary

  • community
  • family
  • transportation
  • communication
  • recreation
  • long ago

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Families and communities of today participate in many of the same activities that families and communities of the past participate in.
  • Some aspects of family and community ways of life have changed over time while others have remained the same or similar.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Name various jobs performed by family and community members in the past and present.
  • Describe the ways schools, communication, transportation, and recreation of the past are similar and different to the ways of today.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are many similarities and differences between the ways people lived in the past and the ways we live today.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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